Congratulations, Barack, on your inauguration to become a new US President today, and on having a chance to create a new, powerful, cheerful and great era for the United States, and for the rest of the world!
Barack, I want you to make the best efforts to create a more peaceful country not only for American citizens but also for the people of the other countries. I urge you to open the door so that we have easier access to the United States and so that foreigners who love America can have more chances to study at a school or to get a job there. And, as a netizen, I also hope you to make the internet world as free, exciting, and open to many people, Americans or foreign people, as in the era of Bill Clinton.
May America keep being good friends with Japan, one of the strong allied countries.
Many people around me are suffered from cold in this season. As many people know well, cold is caused by being infected by viruses. In the crowded area like Tokyo, you can easily catch viruses on the crowded commuter trains. It is inevitable to take virus if you go out on a normal basis. For this, to avoid catching cold you must be immune to viruses, because (unlike germs that can be killed by antibiotics) no medicine but your white blood cells can kill viruses.
There are several options to keep your body’s immunity. Taking nutritious foods will help to keep you immune. Sleeping well will also be nice. Avoiding much stress, much alcohol or anything impairing your immunity is also important for keep you healthy. Besides, aromatherapic means can work well.
I read books saying that lavender essential oil was good for strengthen your body’s immunity against harmful viruses or germs and English people used it on a daily basis to prevent cold. I imported Tisserand’s 20ml lavender oil from England for about £10, because the books said that Tisserand provided good essential oils.
I hope 2009 to be a wonderful, exciting and cheerful year. I am really looking forward to as many new things to experience as I can and as many people (especially attractive women) from all over the world to meet as I can.
I also hope US economy to recover from the recession so that Japan’s one can do as well. May the US stock market get well again so that Japan’s one can do too. May Barack Obama lead America to the right way so that Japan can follow her.
And also, may peace prevail the US, Japan, and the rest of the world.
I look back what I did this year on the last day of every year. The year 2001’s topics for me was moving my apartment within Tokyo metropolitan area and buying Toyota Soarer. In 2002, I made my first visit abroad (Washington, DC). In 2003 I started studying aviation (aircrafts and its operation), and encountered musicals and performing arts by small troupes. In 2004 I started blogging, visiting Asian countries (Singapore and Hong Kong), and had GSM cell phones distributed throughout those countries. In 2005, I began playing darts, studies GSM/W-CDMA mobile telephony , and visited Hong Kong again. In 2006, I opened a Firstrade account and began buying US stocks and mutual funds. Last year I got a new car (Accord) and went to Hawaii.
This year, days passed so fast that I can’t remember what I did something special, but all the topics I can remember this year are (1) England and (2) Fukagawa. Thanks to the manga Emma by Kaoru Mori, I got acquainted with UK and Victorian English cultures. And this August, I moved to the Fukagawa district, with plenty of Tokyo’s historic sites.
Hope 2009 would be more meaningful for me, my family, my friends and my partner (if I could have).
McDonald’s Japan announced that it would begin to sell Quarter Pounder hamburgers in stores of the Metropolitan area this Friday. You’ve had access to them only within US or on US Military bases so far, but you can eat those juicy delicious hamburgers even in Tokyo from now on. Can’t wait!
